G. F. Stewart

G. F. Stewart

George Francis Stewart PC(Ire) (1851–August 1928) was an Irish land agent and public servant.

Stewart was born in Gortleitragh, County Dublin and was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Dublin, graduating in 1872. He set up in business as a land agent in County Leitrim and acquired extensive interests. He was chairman of the Irish branch of the Surveyors' Institute and later of the institute itself and of the Land Agents' Association. In 1919 he was appointed Governor of the Bank of Ireland. He was also a Unionist member of the Irish Convention. Stewart was appointed to the Privy Council for Ireland in the 1921 Birthday Honours, [LondonGazette |issue=32346 |date=4 June 1921 |startpage=4530 |endpage= |supp=yes] entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable".

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References

*Obituary, "The Times", 13 August 1928


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